Chords for John Prine - Back Street Affair - In Spite of Ourselves

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You didn't know I wasn't free _ [G] When you fell in love [D] with me
_ And with all your [A] young heart you _ [D] learned to care _ _ _ _
It brought you shame and disgrace The [G] world is tumbled in your [A] face
_ [D] Cause they call our love [A] a bad street [D] affair _ _ _ _
Well they say I wrecked your home _ [G] You're a husband that's [D] gone wrong
They don't know the [A] sorrow that we _ [D] had to _ bear _ _
_ For the one I'm tied [Am] to [D] [G] Was the first to prove [A] untrue
_ [D] Now they call our love a [A]
bad street [D] _ affair
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_ _ have each other now _ [G] That's all that matters _ [D] anyhow
_ For the judgment of [A] gossip's [D] never fair _ _ _
_ We'll just be brave and strong _ [G] Then someday they'll see [A] they're wrong
_ [D] Let them call our love a [A]
bad street [D] _ affair _ _ _
_ We'll be free to love someday When [G] all the talk has died [D] away
_ And the happiness [A] we hoped for then was [D] shared
_ We'll _ _ _ climb a mountain high [G] Then the world will hear [A] us cry
_ [Em] [D] That our love was not [A] a bad street [D] affair _ No, _ _ _ our love was [A] not a bad street [D] affair _ _ _ _ _
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